Garbine Muguruza, Cori Gauff, Jessica Pegula and Sofia Kenin are among the most interesting players that are going to be part of the main draw in the WTA500 event Charleston. The tournament will also have the presence of the world no.1 Ashleigh Barty that is notoriously reluctant to playing outside Australia during the current pandemic.
The event will be staged from the 5th of April and it wasn’t played last year because of the pandemic. The defending champion is Madison Keys that in 2019 defeated Caroline Wozniacki 7-65 6-3.
The entry list – Main Draw
Here the entry list for the main draw
- Barty, Ashleigh (Aus) 1
- Kenin, Sofia (Usa) 4
- Bertens, Kiki (Ned) 11
- Muguruza, Garbine (Esp) 16
- Mertens, Elise (Bel) 18
- Keys, Madison (Usa) 19
- Rybakina, Elena (Kaz) 23
- Kontaveit, Anett (Est) 24
- Sakkari, Maria (Gre) 25
- Putintseva, Yulia (Kaz) 28
- Jabeur, Ons (Tun) 31
- Anisimova, Amanda (Usa) 32
- Kudermetova, Veronika (Rus) 34
- Pegula, Jessica (Usa) 36
- Collins, Danielle (Usa) 37
- Zhang, Shuai (Chn) 38
- Ferro, Fiona (Fra) 39
- Gauff, Cori (Usa) 40
- Pavlyuchenkova, Anastasia (Rus) 43
- Stephens, Sloane (Usa) 44
- Linette, Magda (Pol) 45
- Shvedova, Yaroslava (Kaz) 47 Sr
- Rogers, Shelby (Usa) 49
- Bouzkova, Marie (Cze) 50
- Ostapenko, Jelena (Lat) 51
- Mladenovic, Kristina (Fra) 53
- Teichmann, Jil (Sui) 54
- Sevastova, Anastasija (Lat) 55
- Siegemund, Laura (Ger) 56
- Hercog, Polona (Slo) 57
- Cornet, Alizé (Fra) 59
- Peterson, Rebecca (Swe) 60
- Kanepi, Kaia (Est) 62
- Krejcikova, Barbora (Cze) 63
- Watson, Heather (Gbr) 64
- Pera, Bernarda (Usa) 65
- Siniakova, Katerina (Cze) 68
- Badosa, Paula (Esp) 69
- Blinkova, Anna (Rus) 70
- Li, Ann (Usa) 72
- Begu, Irina-Camelia (Rou) 73
- Tomljanovic, Ajla (Aus) 74
Muguruza in Dubai, ranking, and results in 2021
Currently the world no.16, the Spaniard has managed to achieve a 14-4 match record in 2021. The Spaniard is competing in Dubai where she overcame Irina-Camelia Begu 6-3 7-5 and Amanda Anisimova 6-4 6-2.
Garbine Muguruza will fight against Swiatek in the 3rd round. They have never played each other until now in top tournaments.
The Spaniard got to the final in Melbourne (Yarra Valley Classic) and in Doha (Qatar Total Open).
The Spaniard won 7 titles in her career: 5 on hard courts, 1 on clay courts and 1 on grass courts. (See the list of her titles)
Gauff in Dubai, ranking, and results in 2021
Now ranked no.40, the American has a 10-4 match record in 2021. Gauff is currently having a run in Dubai where she toppled Ekaterina Alexandrova 7-63 2-6 7-68 and Marketa Vondrousova 3-6 6-0 6-4.
Cori Gauff will face Martincova in the 3rd round. Their record is 1-0 for Martincova.
Garbine Muguruza and Cori Gauff fought against each other just on 1 occasion. The head to head is 1-0 for Muguruza. When they played, Garbine Muguruza won 7-6(3) 3-6 6-3 in the 2nd round in Rome (Internazionali BNL d’Italia) in September 2020.
In the following video you can watch the key moments of their match.
Pegula in Dubai, ranking, and results in 2021
Currently ranked no.36 (career-high), Jessica has a compiled 15-4 match record in 2021. Pegula is currently competing in Dubai where she conquered Yaroslava Shvedova 6-2 6-1, Kristina Mladenovic 6-1 6-2 and Karolina Pliskova 6-0 6-2.
Jessica Pegula will play Mertens in the quarter. The head to head is 1-0 for Mertens.
Sofia Kenin in 2021
Currently ranked no.4 (career-high), Sofia played her last match on the 14th of February when she lost to Olivia Gadecki 2-6 7-6(4) 6-4 in the 2nd round in Melbourne (draw).
During this season Sofia has a 6-4 record.
Jessica Pegula and Sofia Kenin played each other 3 times. The head to head is 2-1 for Pegula. The last time they competed against each other, Sofia Kenin won 5-7 7-5 6-2 in the 3rd round in Melbourne (Yarra Valley Classic) on the 3rd of February 2021.
